Laura Carlsen In the Press

Laura Carlsen discusses with Natasha Lycia Ora Bannan, president of the United States National Bar Association, in the studio of Rompeviento TV; And Stephanie Bello, executive assistant of the Migrant Center of the Church of San Francisco in New York....Read More »

After four years of intense negotiations, the Colombian government has signed a ceasefire deal with guerilla group the FARC. But with a public approval vote looming and emotions raw after decades of fighting, can Colombia keep the peace?...Read More »

These students were on a bus and they were clearly abducted by the local police. So it opened up this Pandoras box of corruption and complicity that again people had an idea existed but it had never been revealed in such a clear form....Read More »

Democrats Abroad sponsored a political gathering at a U.S.-style barbecue joint in the Mexican capital. Mexicans and U.S. citizens lined up to take in the full flavor of the first U.S. presidential debate between Democrat candidate Hillary Clinton and Republican candidate Donald Trump...Read More »

For more about Trump’s meeting with President Nieto and its Mexico border wall, CCTV America’s Asieh Namdar interviewed Laura Carlsen, the director of Latin American Rights and Security: Americas Program...Read More »

Laura Carlsen, director of the Americas Program at the Center for International Policy, said the plight of Central Americans fleeing violence back home "has revealed a deep vein of hypocrisy among Mexican politicians, who rightfully criticize the U.S. for its treatment of Mexican migrants as criminals and then do the same to migrants in this country."...Read More »

This week Eric welcomes back to the program Laura Carlsen, director of the Americas Program at the Center for International Policy, to discuss the ongoing disappearances of activists in Mexico, the reassertion of US hegemony in Latin America, and how militarization and free trade are the cornerstones of US imperial power in the region. Eric and Laura begin with an analysis of the recent kidnappings of Mexican activists and the frightening similarities with the infamous Ayotzinapa disappearances of 2014. The conversation then shifts to Central America and Honduras, and the role of Hillary Clinton and the US in that country. Eric and Laura also discuss how the Trans-Pacific Partnership and privatization are at the heart of much of the negative developments in the Americas, and how this drive is connected to geopolitical and strategic considerations. All this and much more in this wide-ranging conversation...Read More »